Hi All,
I just picked up an interesting little board, but I can’t find any info on Eastside surfboards anywhere, so I was hoping someone here may know something about the board. Its only about 5’ long, very wide and thick through the tail, and has an S deck. I’m not really sure what type of fin box it has and the fin is missing. The serial number is 71-179 and its initialed by K.H. (sorry about the fuzzy photo). Any info anyone could provide would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Ray
Maybe a lead?
http://stokednboard.surfingheritage.org/pdf/Eastside_Va.pdf
*Lots of other good board info if your looking’
I’d guess eastside refers to Santa Cruz eastside. 71 maybe the year it was built, 179 the number of boards shaped. Might be a backyard board. Cool little board. A kneeboard? Mike
The exaggerated ‘S’ deck, clearly puts this board into 1971, as suggested by Rooster. Too well done to be a backyard board, IMO. The short length, implies to me the influence of Jim Foley, a pioneering early 60’s short board advocate, from the Santa Cruz area.
I had an Eastside board a year or so ago that I traded away for a brand new Super Brand shortboard. In hindsight I wish I hadnt traded it. The board I got was nice, but I would have loved to get that eastside out in the water on a bigger day her in New Hampshire. I traded it to a kid living in Vermont of all places.
I was also told that it was a Santa Cruz area board and that is was a distinguishing factor between rival surf clubs/territories I think.
I’m not really too pisitive as I’m very far removed from Santa Cruz and its rich surfing history.
Check the pictures. It was a pretty cool 7’6ish single fin pin tail. Pretty cool and actually in pretty good shape.
“I’m not really sure what type of fin box it has”
It has a standard Fins Unlmited box. The same box that’s been used on damn near every single fin in the world since about 1971.
And, if the label is from East side Santa Cruz, it could be from any one of dozens of local shapers. There’s a couple of members here who have far more knowledge of the SC scene than I do. Maybe one wll chime in, and even be civil for a change.
Hey Sammy, if you look at Mcdugal’s Eastside it appears to have two fin screws. Is that what FU was doing back then? Not being snarky, actually curious.
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Thanks for the link, very helpful and makes a ton of sense. I live near Virginia Beach so it makes perfect sense why that board would be here. I may send Bill Frierson a picture and see if he can provide any more history. You probably know that Bill was a founder of WRV and he’s still shaping in Virginia Beach. Unfortunately, Ron Mellott passed away a couple of years ago. Anyway, thanks again for the help."
That board has an adjustable Waveset system. Standard Waveset box with an insert that made it adjustable. So, there’s actually four bolts used in that setup. Two for the box/channel, and two for the fin.
See pic
ray64, I got your message.
FU boxes came in a few sizes over the years, from the short end at 7 or 8 inches, up to 15" at one time.
I think they only do 8.5 and 10" now.
Frierson was not the founder of WRV. It was Bob White. Started as Bob White Surfboards around 1967, then became Bob White Wave Riding Vehicles, then just Wave Riding Vehicles. Frierson took ownership of the label around 1974. After the name change.
The initials KH likely stand for Kim Hickman… he shaped in Va Beach during that time
